Wildfires of 1993

FYUSE35 Fire

1993AlaskaWildfire

The FYUSE35 Fire burned 3,344 acres in Alaska, in 1993. It was discovered on July 17, 1993, and contained on September 8, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
3,344 acres
Discovered
July 17, 1993
Contained
September 8, 1993
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 4,905 acres, mapped by not recorded. Point of origin as reported, 66.066, -145.586.

The record

Reported final size
3,344 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
4,905 acres
Discovered
July 17, 1993, 3:36 p.m. local time
Contained
September 8, 1993, 2:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
Fish and Wildlife Service
Reporting unit
Alaska Fire Service
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
AKUYD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1993-AKUYD-00B593
Fire occurrence record
W-32509
Perimeter map method
Not Recorded
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter imported from fire history.

The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.

Other large fires in Alaska in 199312

FireAcresStartCause
Fire 332557215,360Jul 14, 1993Natural
DCKN190 Fire82,370Jul 22, 1993Natural
Fire 332229247,494Jun 6, 1993Natural
Fire 33224836,250Jun 4, 1993Natural
Timber Fire29,761May 30, 1993
Swift Fire28,010Jul 12, 1993Natural
Tal N 25 Fire26,200Jun 30, 1993Natural
Discovery Fire23,501Jun 2, 1993Natural
Cem Se 34 Fire21,210Jun 15, 1993Natural
Fyu N 60 Fire20,942Jul 15, 1993Natural
DCKN178 Fire16,740Jul 3, 1993Natural
Pole Fire11,550Jul 19, 1993Natural

Every fire of 1993 Alaska fire history

Nearby

Sources

Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.